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Adventure Comics 304

ADVENTURE COMICS #304

Cover Date: January 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-11-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The War Between Superboy and Superman!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #102/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #101/2)
Martha Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #101/2)
Krypto (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #101/2 and #103)
Lana Lang (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #101/2)
Chief Parker (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #100/2; next in issue #306)

Villain(s):

Roz-Em (poses as "Superman;" a Kryptonian criminal who had been surgically altered to look like Nim-El; first appearance; also in flashback; sent into the Phantom Zone; next in issue #395/2)

Other Character(s):

Jor-El (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Nim-El (fraternal twin brother of Jor-El; first appearance; in flashback; last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813:
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Four Star Spectacular #5 (November-December 1976)

Solicitation:

It's Superboy versus Superman--and only one will remain!


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Second Story: "The Stolen Super-Powers!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #102/2)
Supergirl (in between Action Comics #298/2 and #299/2)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)
Brainiac 5
Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)
Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; last in issue #301/2)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in Action Comics #298/2)
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; last in Superman Vol. 1 #156)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in Action Comics #298/2; dies)
Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzil Kem; next in issue #317)
Mon-El (last in flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #2)
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Action Comics #298/2)
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna)
Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo; next in issue #308/2)
Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; in between issues #302/2 and #309)

Supporting Character(s):

Lori Lemaris (last in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #42)

Villain(s):

Zaryan the Conqueror (Nahlrog Zaryan; first appearance)

Other Character(s):

a nurse
Science Police

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis:
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector
Brok (first appearance)
Mernl (first mentioned)

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #403 (March-April 1971)
Adventure Comics #499 (May 1983)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)

Solicitation:

The death of a Legionnaire in "The Stolen Super-Powers!


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